§ Mr. MacMillanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of applications for grants to build under the Agricultural Population (Scotland) Act, which are still before each of the county councils in Scotland, respectively.
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§ Mr. BuchananThe following table shows the position with regard to applications under the Act as at 30th June, 1945, the latest date for which information is available. Where the number of certificates issued is less than the number of applications received, the balance represents the number of applications either still under consideration or rejected by the respective authorities.
Local Authority. Applications received. Certificates issued. Counties— Aberdeen 74 74 Angus 86 83 Argyll 24 12 Ayr 47 47 Banff 2 2 Berwick 35 30 Caithness 13 10 Clackmannan 2 2 Dumfries 29 29 Dunbarton — — East Lothian 9 9 Fife 67 67 Inverness 181 110 Kincardine 32 27 Kinross 8 8 Kirkcudbright 47 46 Lanark 18 16 Midlothian 11 11 Moray 3 2 Nairn 4 4 Orkney 17 7 Peebles — — Perth 72 62 Renfrew 3 3 Ross and Cromarty 157 120 Roxburgh 20 20 Selkirk 2 2 Stirling 10 6 Sutherland — — West Lothian — — Wigtown 5 5 Zetland 6 5 Total Counties 984 819 Burghs — Edinburgh 1 1 Dunfermline — — Glasgow 2 2 Total Burghs 3 3 Grand Total 987 822